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Authors: Jane Smilely
The Sagas of the Icelanders (125 page)
Thororm (in London)
572–3
Thorstein (farmer)
717
Thorstein (son of Audbjorg)
524–5
Thorstein Asbjarnarson
276
Thorstein Egilsson (Skallagrimsson)
48
,
129
,
151
,
168–80
,
184
,
282
,
315
,
345
,
373–5
,
561–70
,
578–9
,
583
,
585
,
593
Thorstein Eiriksson (the Red, husband of Gudrid Thorbjarnardottir)
636
,
643–5
,
660–64
Thorstein Gyduson
722
Thorstein Ingimundarson (son of Ingimund Thorsteinsson)
209
,
220–50
,
265–6
,
269
Thorstein Olafsson/Oleifsson the Red (son of Unn the Deep-minded, King of Scotland)
278–83
,
653
Thorstein Sidu-Hallsson (son of Hall Thorsteinsson of Sida)
683
Thorstein the Black (farmer in Hundadal)
378–80
,
387
,
390–91
,
394
,
397
,
400
Thorstein Thorarinsson Staff-struck
677–84
Thorstein Thorkelsson (son of Helga the Fair)
594
Thorstein Thorkelsson Shiver
713–16
Thorstein Thoruson/Eiriksson the Hersir
120–22
,
129
,
134–6
,
147–8
,
168
Thorunn (mother of Thorfinn Thordarson Karlsefni)
664
Thorunn Bjarnardottir
( mother of Bishop Bjorn Gilsson;
see also
Thorunn Thorbjarnardottir
)
652
Thorunn Ketilsdottir Hyrna (wife of Helgi the Lean)
276–8
Thorunn Oddleifsdottir
328
Thorunn Olafsdottir (Feilan)
282
Thorunn Thorbjarnardottir (mother of Bishop Bjorn Gilsson bishop;
see also
Thorunn Bjarnardottir
)
674
Thorvald (farmhand at Hof)
677–80
Thorvald Asgeirsson
345
Thorvald Asvaldsson (father of Eirik Thorvaldsson the Red)
654
Thorvald Gizurarson
683
Thorvald Gneisti (at Thingeyri)
513–14
Thorvald Halldorsson (first husband of Gudrun Osvifsdottir)
332–3
,
421
Thorvald Kjartansson
326
Thorvald Kodransson the Far-traveller
265
Thorvald Snorrason
326
Thorvald the Overbearing
77–8
Thorvald Thorgilsson
259–60
Thorvard (farmer at Holt)
513
Thorvard (shepherd)
564
Thorvor Ormsdottir
420
Thrand (slave of Steinar Sjonason)
170–72
Throttolf (brother of Fostolf)
266–9
Thurid Arnorsdottir
684
Thurid Hrafnsdottir (wife of Bjartmar)
504
Thurid Solmundardottir
see
Gyda Solmundardottir
Torfi Valbrandsson
582
Tosti the Warlike (father of Sigrid Tostadottir the Ambitious)
577
Tryggvi Olafsson (King in Vik, father of King Olaf Tryggvason)
148
Turf-Einar Rognvaldsson (Earl of the Orkney Islands
c
. 900)
203
,
279
Tyrkir (one of Leif Eiriksson’s men, of southern origin)
638
,
640
Ulf Hreidarsson Crow (father of Gunnbjorn Ulfsson)
654
Ulf Ospaksson (steward)
374
Ulf the Fearless
8
Ulf the Squinter
280
Ulf Uggason (poet)
324
Ulfhedin Vefrodarson
267–8
Ulfheid Eyjolfsdottir (the Lame)
345
Ulfheid Runolfsdottir
420
Ulfkel (one of Ingimund Thorsteinsson’s men)
209
Uni (at Unadal)
217–19
Unn Ketilsdottir the Deep-minded (
see also
Aud Ketilsdottir the Deep-minded)
276–82
Unn Mardardottir (Gigja)
303
Valdidida (native American king)
672
Valdimar Knutsson the Old (King of Denmark 1157–82)
625
Valgard Jorundsson from Hof
39
Valgerd Thorgilsdottir
420
Vali (father of Thorgerd Valadottir)
465
Vali Ketilsson (Gufa)
149
Valthjof at Valthjofsstadir
654
Vebjorn the Champion of Sognefjord
504
Vefrod Aevarsson the Old
268
Vegeir (grandfather of Vestein and Aud)
504
Veleif the Old (father of Bersi the Dueller)
285
Vemund (King of Fjordane)
11
Vestar Haengsson
39
Vestar Thorolfsson (Blister-pate)
278
Vestein Vegeirsson (father of Aud and Vestein)
504
Vestein Vesteinsson (brother of Aud)
504–9
,
512–19,
523
,
526
,
529
,
543
,
566
Vethild (Native American)
672
Veturlidi Sumarlidason the Poet
39
Vifil (a bondsman of Aud/Unn the Deep-minded, settler in Vifilsdal)
280
,
654
Vigdis Thorisdottir (wife of Ingimund Thorsteinsson)
207
,
209
,
211–12
Vigdis Thorsteinsdottir (the Red)
280
William the Bastard (William the Conqueror, 1066–87)
572
Yngvar (landholder in the Fjords, father of Bera, wife of Skallagrim)
33
,
49
,
50
,
51
,
52
,
107
Yngveld Thorgeirsdottir
( mother of Bishop Brand Saemundarson;651
see also
Yngvild Thorgeirsdottir
)
Yngvild Bjarnadottir (daughter of Bjarni Brodd-Helgason)
683
Yngvild Ketilsdottir (wife of Ketil Flat-nose)
276
Yngvild Thorgeirsdottir
( mother of Bishop Brand Saemundarson;674
see also
Yngveld Thorgeirsdottir
)
Yr Geirmundardottir (Dark-skin)
149
*
The names of these two kings illustrate the common practice in medieval Scandinavia of naming people. Family names did not exist (as in general they still do not in modern Iceland). Both men and women were called by their given names (e.g. Olaf, as here), to which was added their father’s name (e.g. Harald or Tryggvi) or in some cases their mother’s (e.g. the sons of Hildirid in
Egil’s Saga
). Two of Iceland’s most important writers were Ari, the son of Thorgil (i.e. Ari Thorgilsson) and Snorri, the son of Sturla (Snorri Sturluson). The central character of
Eirik the Red’s Saga
is a woman, Gudrid, the daughter of Thorbjorn (Gudrid Thorbjarnardottir). In some cases Icelanders had titles and epithets attached to their names, such as Ari Thorgilsson the Learned or Leif Eiriksson the Lucky.
*
Harald became known as Fair-hair after unifying Norway.
*
Ingolf Arnarson, the first settler of Iceland (who made his home in Reykjavik), and his sworn brother Hjorleif Hrodmundarson.
*
A layabout in his youth but he later proved his worth.
*
I.e. Welsh and possibly other native peoples.
*
I.e. Wales and neighbouring territories.
*
The site of this battle has not been satisfactorily identified.
*
Unidentified; apparently in Wales.
*
A feast; see the opening of ch. 3.
*
See footnote on p. 9.
*
Refers to the amulet described by the Lapp woman in ch. 10.
*
Hel is the old Icelandic word for the place of the dead, corresponding to the Greek Hades.
Heljarmenni
were often associated with unusual strength and malevolence.
*
That is, might later turn him (the child) to himself (the one who created the sun).
†
The present translation takes the nickname to refer to the action of the child pawing at its face which had been covered with a cloth. Some scholars have suggested that the phrase refers to the puckering of the cloth over the passive child’s mouth and nose as it breathes.